Skyrim Wins Video Game Critics Award
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the sprawling fantasy role-playing adventure from Bethesda Softworks, won the Big Apple Award for Best Game from the New York Videogame Critics Circle, which announced its first annual prizes on Thursday evening.

Brees Challenges Kids, One Video-Game Sprint at a Time
Drew Brees, representing the N.F.L.'s Play 60 initiative, wants kids to exercise and challenged some at a Super Bowl event to video game sprints.

The Fifth Down: Brees Challenges Kids, One Video-Game Sprint at a Time
Drew Brees, representing the N.F.L.'s Play 60 initiative, wants kids to exercise and challenged some at a Super Bowl event to video game sprints.

Google Docs Goes Offline, Sync Photos to DropBox, Stream Music, and Play a Darwinian Puzzle Game [Video]
# androidappsoftheweek Managing content on your Android gets to be a pain pretty quick. How much music can I put on here? Did I sync all those photos to my computer? Is this document the most up-to-date version? This week's app picks help make managing those things a snap. Oh, and we've got a pretty sweet game, too. More »

Outside the boy box: Women embrace and rethink video games
As gaming spreads to mobile devices and Facebook, adult women are elbowing their way into a preserve once claimed by teenage boys, prompting the industry — worth $1.7-billion in Canada alone — to start thinking outside the testosterone-fuelled Xbox. But in a world where video games are important pieces of the cultural puzzle, many women are pondering the mixed message of a new wave of games that ...